tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5805351380993466542018-03-05T11:38:28.830-05:00Late Night Series: PhiladelphiaKellynoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580535138099346654.post-26938747702176936802009-03-26T22:51:00.003-04:002009-04-08T17:01:35.477-04:00LNS: March 12Last LNS of Winter Term and second to last LNS of college (for me)! <div><br /></div><div>Lots of crazy people went to this LNS. There was one crazy lady who yelled at Nick because he wasn't the queen of the chairs or something, it was great. </div><div><br /></div><div>Drexel's comedy class was the feature and they were funnier than anyone could've imagined. </div><div><br /></div><div>The end. </div>Kellynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580535138099346654.post-86642717454582766622009-03-09T15:43:00.004-04:002009-03-09T18:19:25.082-04:00LNS: March 5We didn't actually have LNS on March 5th because Habijam needed our sound guys or something, but I have to give a presentation in ten minutes about the use of food as a metaphor for loss of identity in Jhumpa Lahiri's thing whatever and I'm about to throw up, so I'm trying to get my mind off of it. Blogging is our generation's meditation. You can quote that when I become a famous blogger. <div><br /></div><div>So what can I say. It was warm out this weekend, that's nice. I'm looking forward to the nights when I get to walk to LNS in daylight without ten pounds of clothing on, still shivering. Maybe even more people will show up to the shows since they won't have to brave the cold. I hope not too many more, though, because I don't like people. </div><div><br /></div><div>Thursday's show is the last show of Winter Term. We already have some cool acts lined up for next term. I haven't been paying attention in the meetings, though, so I'm not really sure who those acts are. I think <a href="http://www.myspace.com/easycorner">Josh's band</a> is one of them. Maybe even the first one. They're great. They're like <a href="www.myspace.com/hentaimusic">Jon's band</a> meets <a href="www.myspace.com/everyoneeverywhereband">Matt's band</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div>I'm going to talk about another thing I write right now. It's called <a href="http://whenfallsthecoliseum.com/category/kelly-conaboy-saves/">Kelly Conaboy Saves the World</a> and it comes out every Thursday at <a href="http://whenfallsthecoliseum.com/">When Falls the Coliseum</a>. It's not that good yet, but I imagine that it will get good very soon. I'm a very talented writer. </div><div><br /></div><div>I literally feel like I'm going to throw up/have a heart attack. I hate public speaking. Why can't I just blog about it. Here's the deal, I was supposed to come up with a thesis thing for something by some author from America after 1945. Sure that sounds easy at first. "There are so many authors in that range," you might think. Or, "Just do something, it isn't hard." But oh. You are wrong. I had no idea what to do and waited until literally the last day (today) to give my presentation. And I'm doing it on food? It's so stupid. I just want to fast forward time. </div><div><br /></div><div>I don't know what else to say, guys. The moment of time is upon me. By the time you read this, I will be finished. Maybe dead. </div>Kellynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580535138099346654.post-2459195752263333312009-02-27T17:39:00.002-05:002009-02-28T15:03:56.077-05:00LNS: February 26Hello faithful (fateful) readers!<br /><br />One thing I forgot to mention in my three-year recap was that a ton of people are coming to Late Night Series every week now, both to perform and to watch. I think it's because of the addition of tea, tablecloths, hot chocolate, and candy. But, as a result of this, the coffee always runs out and sometimes people are like, "Make more!" and I'm like, "What? No, I don't want to." And they're like, "It's your only job!" And I'm like, "Ugh, I hate LNS." But then I do it (sometimes) and the show goes on and I go back to loving<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">*</span> LNS.<div><br /></div><div>Last night's show was no different. Way too many people came. So many that we had to turn away some people who wanted to perform at the end because it was, like, 10:50 and Lenny was like "We can fit, you know, six more in." But of course we could not, and we made him tell them to come back next time. Will they? Maybe. </div><div><br /><div>But the people who DID perform were definitely shades of good. And the feature, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/ike">JOHN "FREAKIN'" FAYE,</a> was AMAZING. He's in the band <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Ike</span>, to whom I just linked, but he was playing solo. He ALSO teaches a songwriting class at <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Drexel University</span> and is beloved by all of his students. He is also beloved by me, a non-student. He is awesome. Awesome enough that I would embed a YouTube video of him. He is funny at the beginning of it. Check it out. </div><div><br /></div></div><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HQmgyt-wtYk&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HQmgyt-wtYk&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div><br /></div><div>Wasn't he funny at the beginning? Love him. </div><div><br /></div><div>So I know you guys come here for the inside scoop so let me break some down for you:</div><div><ul><li>Because Drexel is putting on some dumb play or something (real talk) our stage pieces had to be moved to the basement. Which means we had to carry them up from the basement. Those things are heavy! </li><li>I bought ice cream at the beginning and didn't have a spoon so <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Christina Papi</span> found these huge tongs and then <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Jon Niles </span>tried to break them in half but couldn't so he just bent the one half straight up and it was perfect. Talk about <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">scoop.</span></li><li>We've run out of good candy but we still have these <a href="http://www.werthers-original.us/">Werther's Orignals</a> things and when I saw them I thought, "Gross, no one likes these," and then Jon came up and was like, "I love these!!!" </li><li>Next week there is no LNS because <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Habijam</span> is happening. </li></ul><div><br /></div>Ok, that went poorly. I thought there would be more inside scoop than there actually was. </div><div><br /></div><div>So uhhh, what else about the show....</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.ronniedlongbailbonds.com/">Ronnie Long</a> was back, but because we ran out of time at the end he could only do a few jokes. He said he was auditioning for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Bellamy's_Who's_Got_Jokes%3F">"Who's got jokes?"</a> this week, which should work out well for him because he has jokes. </div><div><br /></div><div>Before him a bro played "Purple Rain." </div><div><br /></div><div>And, uh, that's it!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">*Love </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">spending time with it</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">, at least. </span></div></div>Kellynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580535138099346654.post-72329115491130663152009-02-04T12:40:00.010-05:002009-02-27T17:38:27.520-05:00LNS: January 22-February 19<div>I'm totally sick of everyone telling me to write this blog (I get it, I'm really entertaining), so here's a recap of the past, like, two and a half years during which I have not written. And then I'll post a new post about last night's. Ok, here we go:<br /></div><div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Feb 19</span>: <a href="http://www.andrewlipke.com/">Andrew Lipke</a> was our feature this night. He was great. He wore glasses until he was onstage and then he took off his glasses. Then when he was finished playing he put them back on again. What I have to say to you, Andrew, is that we all think you're handsome even with your glasses on. </div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KJ6awISxzsw/Sahjb_OpeHI/AAAAAAAAAFU/ec5ZUY5rxEo/s200/IMG_0276.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307601493336619122" /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Feb 12</span>: Warren, LNS-fave poet, featured this week. He made literally everyone feel very awkward, but he was perfect and great anyway. Also, I think this was the week that the kid who tells amazing jokes came and did this long, amazing pokemon poemjoke. Poemkejoke. It may have been a rapjoke. Also, this was my last LNS before turning 22. Happy birthday, Kelly!!!! </div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Feb 5</span>: Late Night Series' third birthday! Happy birthday, LNS!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KJ6awISxzsw/SahktqufeUI/AAAAAAAAAFs/LXXzg6R75kc/s1600-h/IMG_0272.JPG"></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KJ6awISxzsw/SahktqufeUI/AAAAAAAAAFs/LXXzg6R75kc/s1600-h/IMG_0272.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KJ6awISxzsw/SahktqufeUI/AAAAAAAAAFs/LXXzg6R75kc/s200/IMG_0272.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307602896582310210" /></a><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KJ6awISxzsw/Sahkc7N4Z-I/AAAAAAAAAFk/RbwZXqslCho/s200/IMG_0271.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307602608951158754" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KJ6awISxzsw/SahkT5BCjyI/AAAAAAAAAFc/IwpLAkqJDLA/s200/IMG_0270.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307602453741604642" /><br /></div><div>You get the deal, right? We had cake and a pinata and decorations. It was great. Also, our favorite ska group <a href="http://www.myspace.com/ondisplayband">On Display</a> celebrated with us as our feature. What they didn't play: Happy birthday. Wtf, guys?</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Jan 29:</span> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.myspace.com/alittleaffairmusic">A Little Affair</a>'s Ben Hughes featured this week. I did not attend. No offense, Ben, but <a href="http://www.fox.com/hellskitchen/">Hell's Kitchen</a> was premiering that night. Who could blame me? (Nick Anselmo.)</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Jan 22:</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">(I found this in my saved drafts. Apparently I was planning on writing a blog for this week, but the blog entry pertains to the week or two weeks previous to my writing. I'm about as good at blogging as I am at, uh, everything else.)</span> </div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KJ6awISxzsw/SahoJftmFZI/AAAAAAAAAF0/9FO1APK54xg/s1600-h/IMG_0259.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KJ6awISxzsw/SahoJftmFZI/AAAAAAAAAF0/9FO1APK54xg/s200/IMG_0259.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307606673196979602" /></a><div>So a few weeks ago we had a pretty good LNS. We did not have a feature because people are total slackers (Lenny and POST MIDNIGHT, WTF), but we did have some great <a href="http://img.alibaba.com/photo/11670063/Axe_Deodorant_Body_Spray.jpg">acts</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div>First, Gus and Jeff from President Jon Niles' band <a href="http://www.myspace.com/hentaimusic">the Levee Drivers</a> played a few new songs. They were great. And for their last song they played their all-time greatest song "Quarter to Three." Everyone<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">*</span> clapped and sang along. </div><div><br /></div><div>Also, this guy who plays this amazing instrument was there. His instrument is called <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">the hang drum</span>. It's pronounced "hung." It's like an inverted whatchamacall. Anyway, it was great. And he's great. </div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">That's all I (she) wrote. But I bet a ton of other things happened. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>So that's it, guys. I promise to write a blog every week now. I really do. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">*Maybe only me.</span></div></div><div><br /></div></div>Kellynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580535138099346654.post-20555750641566468922009-01-21T23:17:00.006-05:002009-01-22T00:21:45.197-05:00LNS: January 15So many more people came to LNS last week, guys. Totally got my hope. So many, in fact, that I had to refill the coffee about 2/5ths of the way through the show and burnt myself really badly<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">*</span>. <div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KJ6awISxzsw/SXgBRT288BI/AAAAAAAAAFM/9vsoHpRkpxg/s200/photo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293982758874181650" /></div><div>Other than that, though, the show was great. And not just great in the way that Conan O'Brien or Post Midnight say every show is </div><div>great -- <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">actually</span> great. It started off with the beloved <a href="http://www.myspace.com/SonniShine">Sonni Shine, </a>whom we hadn't actually seen at LNS in a long time. Her songs are way too good for LNS. I'm listening to her right now. </div><div><br /></div><div>A bunch of new people played, too. One duo was <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&amp;friendid=253579402">Kelly Carvin</a> and Sarah Lightman, who I guess are from <a href="http://www.latenightseries.com/newjersey/">LNS New Jersey</a>, which I refuse to believe actually exists. So do I believe they actually exist? I guess so, but only because the Facebook messaged me to ask if they could play. And I definitely know Facebook exists. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://curseyoulukegiordano.com/">Luke Giordano</a> did stand-up. But who cares, right? </div><div><br /></div><div>The incomparable <a href="http://dylanjacobus.com/">Dylan Jacobus</a> played a few songs and has a huge jewfro. Is that ok to say? </div><div><br /></div><div>Our feature for last Thursday was the adorable <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&amp;friendid=27352873">Dan Wythoff</a>, who was much better than I expected him to be. We're doing this thing at LNS now where different people are in charge of the features for each week and last Thursday was mine and <a href="http://www.mattscottoline.com/">Matt's</a> week. And I use the term "mine" very loosely. Basically the extent to which I participated in choosing the feature was saying "no" to a text message from Matt which read "I found a feature. Do you care who it is?" But anyway, he was great and I'm proud to have had my name falsely attached to his getting found. </div><div><br /></div><div>LNS favorite Justin David closed out the show, I think. First he played a song with a girl whose name I promised myself I'd remember but now forget. Anyway, they did a cover of "Hey Ya." An acoustic cover. And then next Justin David talked about <a href="http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/marleyandme/">Marley and Me</a> and very sincerely professed his feeling about how messed up it was that the dog died at the end, which he had just learned from his friend. It was hilarious and adorable. Also, spoiler alert. </div><div><br /></div><div>So, uh, I guess that's it. Talk to you guys later. </div><div><br /></div><div>Please come to the show tomorrow, if anyone is reading this.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">*Not that badly but it really hurt. </span></div></div>Kellynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580535138099346654.post-40226098148966627832009-01-14T12:34:00.002-05:002009-01-14T13:23:04.152-05:00LNS: January 8HAPPY NEW YEAR, GUYS<div><br /></div><div>You know what I hate? When people say "Happy New Years." Like, what do you even think you're saying?</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway, it's schooltime again and you know what that means -- Late Night Series! </div><div>We started off the term with a bang on Thursday. And by "a bang" I mean nobody came except our friends and nobody performed except, like, Josh and then we ended early. BUT we did have CANDY and HOT CHOCOLATE and TEA in addition to our old standby COFFEE, which were all consumed by the LNS staff because, as I said, we were the only ones there. </div><div><br /></div><div>Josh was great, though. And we had three comedians: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_la8YVYCPw">Ronnie Long</a>, <a href="http://andykabel.com/">Andy Kabel</a>, and <a href="http://www.wowtoast.com/_pics/HIlarious_Pictures_.jpg">Some Hilarious Kid</a>. The hilarious kid told jokes like this: "What's the deal with microphones? What's so micro about them anyway? And who put a phone in there?" It was awesome. </div><div><br /></div><div>So uhhh what else. Oh, there was another new thing: tablecloths. Black and red ones. It's a fancy new year, guys; get used to it already.</div><div><br /></div><div>I hope more people come to the show tomorrow. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.mattscottoline.com/">Hello Matt Scottoline.</a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Love you guys. </div>Kellynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580535138099346654.post-59678338481165404112008-12-21T20:36:00.002-05:002008-12-21T20:39:07.840-05:00thx jThanks to my future husband <a href="http://johnchriston.com/">John Christon</a> for the great new cheesy logo/name. And uhh, I'm sure I'll update about something at some point.<div>Big stuff happening, guys.</div>Kellynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580535138099346654.post-7026374455849336332008-11-10T17:23:00.006-05:002008-11-12T23:43:48.197-05:00LNS: November 6<div>A ton people came to last week's Late Night Series and none of them drank the coffee. What's the deal, guys? </div><div>I guess a lot of them were probably there for the <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&amp;friendID=416223152">Michael Isley</a> (pronounced is-ley) <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&amp;friendID=416223152">Band</a>, who were our feature that night, and not for the free terrible coffee. Whatever. </div><div>They were kind of like Maroon 5 or The Fray. Unless that's insulting. Then I guess they were like the Talking Heads or the Clash. Their band name is like the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Matthews_Band">Dave Matthews Band</a>'s. And their initials are like the <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120912/">Men In Black</a>'s. Or <a href="http://guestofaguest.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/michael-ian-black.jpg">Michael Ian Black</a>'s. Whoever they're like, they brought like a million girls with them, so I guess they're doing fine. </div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KJ6awISxzsw/SRo5oSvfprI/AAAAAAAAAEM/RApSgholtZ8/s200/photo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267586078551811762" /><div>We thought maybe they were going to <a href="http://latenightseries.blogspot.com/2008/05/lns-may-8.html">break our stage</a> because there were five of them and they were jumping around and being all animated and stuff, but they did not break our stage and instead they just rocked the house. And after the show was over they and their million friends hung around and were skateboarding INDOORS. It made everyone feel like they were in an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk_ideologies">Avril Lavigne</a> video and we were all grateful.</div><div>The rest of the show was pretty good, too. There was a girl whose name I forget who played guitar and sang with a few guys playing bongos and harmonica and stuff. She was good at singing and sounded like <a href="http://www.michellebranch.com/">Michelle Branch</a>. </div><div>Simply D did some comedy and made everyone feel awkward. </div><div>And, saving the best news for last, Josh, Jon, and I played Scrabble!</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KJ6awISxzsw/SRo33J6lQlI/AAAAAAAAAEE/n2pGW1z9Uvg/s200/photo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267584134857179730" /><div> </div><div>Josh won, I came in second, and Jon was mad the whole time. It was great!</div><div><br /></div><div>The End</div><div><br /></div>Kellynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580535138099346654.post-19966622709607854372008-11-05T15:12:00.008-05:002008-11-10T17:23:53.164-05:00LNS: Does anyone read this?It's been almost a month.<div>The first time I didn't update the feature was <a href="http://www.myspace.com/danieldejesus">DeJesus</a> and they were great.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KJ6awISxzsw/SRH_2Lh6wqI/AAAAAAAAADs/mVlBsg25E6Y/s200/IMG_9678.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265270745645892258" /><div>The second time I didn't update the feature was <a href="http://www.curseyoulukegiordano.com/">Luke Giordano</a> and he was funny. </div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KJ6awISxzsw/SRH__uNjuXI/AAAAAAAAAD0/6niWI0xjywI/s200/n10514155_33826025_3216.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265270909574560114" /><div>Last week we had a student comedy competition, the winner of which gets to open for the opener for <a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v714/_CutWithoutTheE_/good_burger_advance.jpg">Kenan Thompson </a>at CAB's annual comedy show. The participants had to be Drexel students and maybe had to be not funny. No, that's a terrible thing to say. One of them was funny. He won and his name was Diego. They were all judged by a panel of local comedians (Philly's Phunniest: Kent Haines and another guy) and Luke. Luke was supposed to be competing for the Kenan thing until he decided he was too good for that and had to be a judge. What's with that, right? Why did we let him do that? </div><div>Our big ticket item, "free pizza," disappeared in about 10 minutes. Sorry to everyone who missed out. </div>Kellynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580535138099346654.post-65910903108438441902008-10-10T15:22:00.008-04:002008-10-16T11:54:24.687-04:00LNS: October 9See, this update is way (kind of) timelyer. <div><br /></div><div>Last week's LNS was RECORD BREAKINGLY AWESOME.</div><div><br /></div><div>I'm kidding, we didn't actually break any records, but it <i>was</i> PRETTY GOOD.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>There were a few notable moments. The first that comes to mind was this group of guys who played this song that may or may not have been called "Voodoo Child." I don't think any of them were Jimi Hendrix, but that only put them at a slight disadvantage because one of them was still a guitar player and they were all alive. Anyway, they were ridiculous. The guitar player soloed the whole time, WHICH I HATE, but instead of hating it this time I LOVED IT. And the singer had a ton of hair.</div><div><br /></div><div>Another great moment came from the cello player/frontman of <a href="http://www.myspace.com/danieldejesus">Dejesus</a>. For some reason we put him on last, so by that time I was like "ugghh, I wanna go homeee." But when he started playing I was like, "ugghh, this is grreeaat." His band is actually going to be the feature tomorrow night. So if any of you who read the blog (Matt) want to, like, see them or whatever, you should totally come.</div><div><br /></div><div>The feature for last week was <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&amp;friendID=28665769">Mike Bell and the Tom Hanks</a>. It was a guy, he played guitar, he brought friends. It was good. Then we ran into him at a bar on Friday night. It was embarrassing for everyone involved. I took this picture of him there:</div><div><br /></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KJ6awISxzsw/SPakp3jvuEI/AAAAAAAAACw/zpkgjGnhKS4/s200/photo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257570654197102658" /></div><div>Uhhh, what else. <a href="http://www.curseyoulukegiordano.com/">Luke Giordano</a> did comedy. He does it every week. "I'm here every week, folks." He could say that if he wanted to. </div><div><br /></div><div>So every Thursday I send out these Facebook messages telling people to come to LNS. They're always really great -- funny, informative, etc. -- but I was never sure if they actually brought people out to the show. But last week, and I hope Nick Anselmo is reading this, one guy ACTUALLY ATTRIBUTED MY MESSAGE TO HIS BEING THERE BEFORE HE STARTED PLAYING. So, you know, next time anyone thinks the only things I contribute to LNS are these self-indulgent blog entries, I'd have to ask them to THINK AGAIN PLEASE.</div><div><br /></div><div>Well, I hope to see you all (Matt) tomorrow.</div>Kellynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580535138099346654.post-40284613685238032672008-10-08T12:44:00.009-04:002008-10-08T15:22:19.286-04:00LNS: September 18 and 25WELCOME BACK!<div><br /></div><div>Ok, well, welcome back three weeks ago. BUT WELCOME BACK TO THE BLOG! </div><div>First, I would like to say hello to NEW LATE NIGHT SERIES PRESIDENT JON NILES! </div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KJ6awISxzsw/SOzkQZil_9I/AAAAAAAAACo/ed5sBlm_w1A/s200/photo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254825835619549138" /><div>I know what you're thinking -- "Jon Niles? Kelly, why aren't <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">you</span> president?" Believe me, EVERYONE is wondering the same thing. I guess it's just because Late Night Series is not a democracy -- it is not a place where everyone gets together and votes for the prettiest, funniest, and (therefor) best person for the job. It is, rather, a plutocracy*. Except in LNS wealth is not measured monetarily. It is measured in how many rock/blues/country bands you're in. Since Jon Niles is the only person in a band like this, he holds all the wealth and was the only eligible candidate. </div><div><br /></div><div>Speaking of Jon Niles' band, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/hentaimusic">The Levee Drivers</a>, they were the feature for the welcome back show! (I wonder how they got <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">that</span> gig.) They were very good. I take back everything** horrible I've ever said about them. </div><div>We had a bunch of new people perform and an even bigger bunch of new people come to watch. It was exciting. </div><div><br /></div><div>We also had a show on September 25th. Even though we had a show the week before, it was kind of the official "welcome back show." I don't know why. </div><div>To encourage people to "come out and play," we didn't have a feature. Surprisingly, this worked. A ton of people came and some of them were even good. </div><div><br /></div><div>Once again I know what you're thinking. "Hey Kelly, this all seems pretty general. Can you give us some specifics about these shows?"</div><div><br /></div><div>Short answer: No.</div><div>A little bit longer answer: It's, like, three weeks later. I don't remember. </div><div><br /></div><div>I promise this week I'll give a better, more timely update. </div><div><br /></div><div>We also had a show on October 2nd. </div><div><br /></div><div>I'm sorry.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">*Only other form of government I can think of.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">**Not everything.</span></div>Kellynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580535138099346654.post-78951993983095946792008-05-11T16:44:00.009-04:002008-05-13T03:26:05.272-04:00LNS: May 8Ok, I know it's been a while since I last "blogged." Let me just say this: I have a lot going on in my life, all right? Heidi is moving to Vegas and Spencer has no idea, Joey is absolutely crazy but is going to rehab and should be fine, Amanda found out, via Facebook, that Alex has a girlfriend, Tila is finding out who's really in it for her...I clearly can't just sit around and blog about LNS all day, ok? Jesus.<br /><br />Anyway, the feature on Thursday was <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&amp;friendid=29271020">Thom McCar</a><a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&amp;friendid=29271020">thy</a>. That's right -- Thom. With an "H." Like Thom Yorke or Thom Arnold.<br /><br />Every picture of him that exists on the Internet is of only half of his face. Except this one:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_KJ6awISxzsw/SCftRMLNwZI/AAAAAAAAACA/yF-aE26K4hM/s1600-h/m_4e51f694addb0686f129ad7ea7ca0308.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 170px; height: 129px;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_KJ6awISxzsw/SCftRMLNwZI/AAAAAAAAACA/yF-aE26K4hM/s200/m_4e51f694addb0686f129ad7ea7ca0308.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199385174404350354" border="0" /></a><br />He's kind of an eccentric guy, Thom. In a good way, though. I think. His songs are good enough that he gets away with it, at least. When he performs he gets really into it and, like, walks around and stomps and yells and stuff. It's entertaining. Thankfully he did most of this off of the stage, because when he was doing it on our (crappy, makeshift) stage we were kind of all exchanging worried glances, visualizing it collapsing underneath him. It didn't, though. And he was great.<br /><br />There's only one thing I don't really like about Thom and I'm going to say it right now. In his song "Cheesteaks [<span style="font-style: italic;">sic</span>] Live Forever" he sings:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Blinding ball of fury in the sky</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Of which we dance around</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />In perfect time<br /><br /></span>Of which? Really? Thom, that doesn't make any sense. "Around which we dance," yes. But "of which we dance around"? Nah. Get rid of the "of," Thom. It's unnecessary. It's something of which you should rid yourself. (<-- Necessary.) <br /><br />A lot of people came on Thursday night. I don't really know why, but I hope that keeps happening. We even ran out of coffee. We RAN OUT of COFFEE. The worst coffee in Philadelphia and we <span style="font-style: italic;">ran out of it</span>. That's how many people were there. I guess we're just pretty great, huh?<br /><br />Yeah.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span>Kellynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580535138099346654.post-71697935338574222072008-04-29T12:53:00.007-04:002008-04-29T13:56:24.699-04:00LNS: Band Night, April 24So, last Thursday was band night at Late Night Series. As opposed to our normal laid-back, acoustic, hey-man-whatever style, we had rockin' lighting and full bands and loudness and man-get-totally-pumped-dude attitude. Like, you know, whatever.<br /><br />If I were to say that the night went off without a hitch, let me tell you, I would be kind of lying. It was like a reality TV show, almost. And not the <a href="http://www.evilbeetgossip.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/tila_t.jpg"><span style="font-style: italic;">Tila Tequila</span></a> kind, either. More like the <a href="http://www.nathanm.com/images/posts/the-apprentice-season-2/Apprentice-Season2-02.jpg"><span style="font-style: italic;">Apprentice</span></a> kind. Or the <a href="http://www.tvland.com/originals/highschoolreunion/"><span style="font-style: italic;">High School Reunion</span></a>* kind. Up until right before the show started we had (basically) no idea whether or not any bands would be showing up and, if they did show up, whether or not any of them would have instruments. There was a lot of drama but, like all good reality TV shows, things worked out. For the prettiest of us, at least.<br /><br />The bands that played were <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&amp;friendid=83553957">Reno Subject</a>, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thebeeteam">The Bee Team</a>, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/everyoneeverywhere">Everyone Everywhere</a>, and <a href="http://www.myspace.com/mercyblue">Mercy Blue</a>. There was something for the frat boy, indie kid, emo kid, and tough guy in all of us, respectively. (More like disrespectively, am I right??)<br /><br />But yeah, it was fun. And Mercy Blue did a terrible cover of a <a href="http://www.onebluebird.com/TomPetty2.jpg">Tom Petty</a> song. It was great.<br /><br />So uhh what else...<br /><br />We handed out surveys to everybody. It's a new thing we're doing. We're trying to, like, learn stuff about our audience. Like how they heard about us and how hilarious the things they fill in under "Other" can get.<br /><br />So far: a friend and not hilarious.<br /><br />Uhhh...No scrabble this time.<br /><br />Yeah, I guess that's it. We're having a bake sale this week. I accidentally sent out an e-mail saying that it was last week. Again, my b.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">*Because no one watches that show. </span>Kellynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580535138099346654.post-32009084772801967842008-04-24T12:12:00.010-04:002008-04-24T13:18:44.234-04:00LNS: International Night, April 17Tonight's show ended about...a week ago. Totally slacking. My b. <div><br /><div>Anyway, it was "International Night," which basically only meant that there were <a href="http://www.starstore.com/acatalog/Flags_World-poster_L.jpg">flags</a> all over the <a href="http://www.drexel.edu/creesestudentcenter/">place</a>. Aside from the false promise of internationality, the show was very good. It started out with Kristen of Pint O' Nu (of <a href="http://beta.pinuepsilon.com/">Pi Nu Epsilon</a>) playing some fiddle (which could be considered Irish, which then could be considered international). She was followed by comedian named Troy who had a joke about Jamaican music (international), and soon after that, the night's feature, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-8NuZZPD9E">Tommy Bottoms</a>. He performed an incredible spoken word piece about America's politics. To the naked eye this may not seem international, but if you were from another country...</div><div><br /></div><div>Tommy Bottoms brought with him a female friend whose name, I think, was Keo. She performed a pretty intense, sexually charged poem entitled, "Wow." I'm not going to lie, it made me incredibly awkward. But for those lacking my strict Irish Catholic, sexually repressed background, I'm sure it was powerful. The phrase "all up in my snatch" was used. </div><div><br /></div><div> </div><div>April 17 also marked the return of LNS used-to-be-regular <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&amp;friendid=22423645">Lee G</a>. He performed a few new songs, one of which he sang (rapped?) with a British accent. Thanks for helping out the cause, Lee. </div><div><br /></div><div> </div><div>The crowd was pretty large. We almost ran out of <a href="http://www.ecodesignz.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/ED_02SideChair_F.jpg">chairs</a>. It was <a href="http://www.eriding.net/media/photos/art/textures/040521_cbrown_mp_art_tex_road_grate.jpg">great</a>. </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><br /></div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_KJ6awISxzsw/SBC_F6Wz0dI/AAAAAAAAABo/A-h5xav_hP0/s200/jon.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192860478643360210" />Jon won Scrabble. He scored 110 points with the word "idealist." </div><div><br /></div><div>Impressive. </div><div><div> </div><div> </div></div>Kellynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580535138099346654.post-4380448885240869492008-04-10T23:23:00.009-04:002008-04-11T00:19:57.930-04:00LNS: April 10<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_KJ6awISxzsw/R_7a2WfpPiI/AAAAAAAAABI/0fz8LEVKsfQ/s1600-h/vultures.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_KJ6awISxzsw/R_7a2WfpPiI/AAAAAAAAABI/0fz8LEVKsfQ/s320/vultures.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187824448063487522" /></a><br />Tonight's show ended about an hour ago and, really, it was great. At <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">least</span> good with moments of greatness. Remember how I said the Vultures were "pretty good?" Well I'd like to retract the "pretty." They were actually good. I should also retract the "actually." Kind of condescending. They were definitely good. Like, really good. <div> </div><div>Like Fastball meets fans of the Beatles. Meets harmonization. Plus the singer (who kind of looks like <a href="http://michaelianblack.typepad.com/">Michael Ian Black</a>) would sometimes say cool things like, "Play it, Johnny!" before the guitar player (presumably "Johnny") would play a solo. It was great.</div><div><div>The non-features included a few regulars (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_la8YVYCPw">Ronnie Long</a>, <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&amp;friendID=160677790">Kevin Ricci</a>) and a few semi-regulars (Angel, Sam) and non-regulars (Hutch, Lucas) whose links I cannot find. Poetry, Comedy, Music -- there was a pretty decent spread tonight. A pretty good crowd, too, after around 9:30. I guess I'll take a compromise. </div><div>In other (some might say more important) news, I totally won Scrabble tonight. How, you ask? Well...</div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_KJ6awISxzsw/R_7hVGfpPkI/AAAAAAAAABY/VH6DSRJYNiw/s200/hellyeah.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187831573414231618" /><div>Zooms. Z was triple letter, the blank landed on a triple word. Bam. I did have <a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=33051387&amp;op=1&amp;o=all&amp;view=all&amp;subj=10507618&amp;id=10508937">help</a>, though. I did have that.<br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Kellynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580535138099346654.post-81414391943839507392008-04-09T22:06:00.012-04:002008-04-11T00:30:27.131-04:00The Vulturez<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">So the feature for tomorrow is a nice little group called "</span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Vultures/9038375574"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The Vulturez</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">." </span><!--StartFragment--><span style=" ;font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I took the liberty of changing the "s" in their name to a "z" -- no need to thank me, guys. They say they're influenced by bands like the Beatles, Wilco, Bright Eyes, Dispatch, Bruce Springsteen, and Led Zeppelin. Yeah, we'll see. Dana Fortuna of Philadelphia says, "i need you guys on my ipod..RIGHT NOW." Michael Marsdale of Cherry Hill High says, "yo you guys are the shit....my best buds. call me up. do i smell forties?" If that's not convincing, I'm not sure what is. </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">But really, they're pretty good. Like when they got on stage last time we were all yeah, "Yeah, ok," but then when they got off we were like, "Hey, that was good." Plus the one guy looks like <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0790057/">Maeby</a> from Arrested Development. I won't say which one, but if you come tomorrow night (8:30) you can judge for yourself. </span></span></div><div><span style=" ;font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></span><br /><div> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Anyway, I know there's an elephant in the room, guys. And its name is "The Office." Yeah, ok, it's new on Thursday nights, we have LNS on Thursday nights -- believe me, I see the dilemma. But let me take a moment to make our case:<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"></p><ol><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">You can watch </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">the Office</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><a href="http://www.nbc.com/The_Office/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">online</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> on Friday.</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">If you wait until the DVD comes out you can watch them all without commercials OR suspense. </span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">When you look back on your life you can say, "Man, I really lived!" rather than, "Man, I totally saw every episode of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">the Office</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> on the night it premiered!"</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&amp;friendid=37890247">Post Midnight</a>, our host, is often as cringe-inducing as Michael Scott.</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">There's coffee at LNS and you just can't get enough of that stuff.</span></li></ol><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">So, of course, the choice is up to you. But I think you should choose Late Night Series. Absolutely I do.</span><br /></p> <!--EndFragment--> </div></div>Kellynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580535138099346654.post-46696603734669865512008-04-09T13:02:00.002-04:002008-04-09T13:20:00.492-04:00Oh, heyWelcome to the brand new <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Late Night Series:Philadelphia</span> blog. Yeah, we're hip. We blog. What can we say. <div>For those of you who don't know what LNS is, well, let me tell you. First of all, it isn't a soft-core porn clip show on HBO. Sorry. It's actually a weekly open mic event that happens every Thursday at 8:30 in Drexel University's Creese Center. That's not to say that we're, you know, like, some Drexel University thing. No-no-no. I don't even go to Drexel University*. We showcase artists from all around Philadelphia and the surrounding areas -- everyone's welcome. And there's free coffee. I make it. Sometimes it's decent. Most times it's not. But it's free! Also there's Scrabble. </div><div><br /></div><div>So anyway, I'm Kelly. I'll be blogging about LNS stuff. <br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">*Yes I do.</span> </div></div>Kellynoreply@blogger.com0